The nature of cholera investigated : with a supplemental chapter on treatment; addressed to junior practitioners / by John George French.

  • French, John George, 1804-1887.
Date:
1854
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Credit: The nature of cholera investigated : with a supplemental chapter on treatment; addressed to junior practitioners / by John George French. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mechanically, the passage of the blood, and produces a general relaxation of the system ; hence diminish- ing the obstacles to the circulation of this fluid. That when the system becomes replenished with fluid to a certain extent, and the circulation of the blood thus acquires a certain degree of energy, the gall duct, which remained closed during the progress of the disorder, now permits the flow of the bile. The bile, frequently in a vitiated state becomes ejected by vomiting (this action still assisting the circulation), a further flow of bile then gradually prepares the alimentary canal for a renewal of its proper functions. That though no specific fever follows the disease, the shock thus given to the system commonly produces the most severe efi'ects in the form of local inflammations and congestions in the various viscera. It is remarkable that on the very day on which this was published, the memorial of Dr. Hardwick Shute, addressed to the Board of Health, appeared also in the weekly Medical Journals. Dr. Shute's